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Chivalric Orders provide ranks and titles to individual members of the order. For example Knight Commander is a rank. It is used in titles such as Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire and these are given to title holders.
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| x Knight Grand Cross | Order of the Bath |
Knight Grand Cross (or Dame Grand Cross) is the most senior grade of seven British orders of chivalry, three of which are obsolete. The rank entails admission into knighthood, allowing the recipient to use the title 'Sir' (male) or 'Dame' (female)...
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| Royal Guelphic Order | |||||
| Order of the Star of India | 1861 | 1947 | |||
| Order of St Michael and St George | |||||
| Order of the British Empire | |||||
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| x Knight Grand Commander | Order of the Indian Empire | 1878 | 1947 | ||
| x Companion | Order of the Bath | ||||
| Order of St Michael and St George | |||||
| Order of the Indian Empire | 1878 | 1947 | |||
| Order of the Star of India | 1861 | 1947 | |||
| x Knight Commander | Order of the Bath |
Knight Commander (or Dame Commander) is the second most senior grade of seven British orders of chivalry, three of which are obsolete. The rank entails admission into knighthood, allowing the recipient to use the title 'Sir' (male) or 'Dame' (female...
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| Royal Guelphic Order | |||||
| Order of the Star of India | 1861 | 1947 | |||
| Royal Victorian Order | |||||
| Order of the British Empire | |||||
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| x Royal Knight | Most Noble Order of the Garter | ||||
| x Stranger Knight | Most Noble Order of the Garter |
Stranger Knight is a rank used in Orders of Chivalry.
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Most Noble Order of the Garter |
A knight was a "gentleman soldier" or member of the warrior class of the Middle Ages in Europe. In other Indo-European languages, cognates of cavalier or rider are more prevalent (eg French chevalier and German Ritter) suggesting a connection to the...
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| Order of the Sword | Feb 23, 1748 | ||||
| Royal Order of the Seraphim | |||||
| Order of the Polar Star | |||||
| Royal Guelphic Order | |||||
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| x Commander Grand Cross | Order of the Sword | Feb 23, 1748 |
A Commander Grand Cross is a rank in an Order of Chivalry. It is not necessarily a military rank, but is instead used to denote a level of superiority within an Order of Chivalry.
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| x Knight First Class | Order of the Sword | ||||
| Order of the Polar Star | |||||
| Order of the Crescent | |||||
| x Commander First Class | Order of the Polar Star |
A Commander First Class is a rank in an Order of Chivalry. It does not necessarily convey militaristic sentiments as with other uses of the word Commander, but is used to denote a level of superiority of the person conferred with a title of this...
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| Order of the Sword | |||||
| x Member First Class | Order of the Polar Star |
A Member First Class, in chivalry, is a rank in an Order of Chivalry. It is typically a term used where the term 'Knight' is not appropriate. The Swedish Order of the Polar Star uses the term Member, and Member First Class, in replacement to...
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| x Member | Order of the Polar Star |
A Member, in chivalry, is a rank in an Order of Chivalry. It is typically a term used where the term 'Knight' is not appropriate. The Swedish Order of the Polar Star uses the term Member, and Member First Class, in replacement to Knight, and...
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| Order of the British Empire | |||||
| x Dame Grand Cross | Order of the British Empire | ||||
| Order of the Bath | |||||
| x Commander | Order of the Polar Star |
A Commander is a rank in an Order of Chivalry. It does not necessarily convey militaristic sentiments, and is instead used to convey the level of superiority of an honorary title.
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| Order of the Sword | Feb 23, 1748 | ||||
| x Knight Companion | Most Noble Order of the Garter |
Knight Companion is a rank in an Order of Chivalry. It is used in a number of British Orders of Chivalry, most notably The Most Noble Order of the Garter.
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| Order of the Thistle | |||||
| x Lady Companion | Most Noble Order of the Garter |
Lady Companion is a rank in an Order of Chivalry. It's male equivalent is Knight Companion.
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| Order of the Thistle | |||||
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A lady is the female equivalent of a lord, the counterpart of a gentleman, or any adult woman, though this usage is constrained.
The word comes from Old English hlǣfdige; the first part of the word is a mutated form of hlāf, "loaf, bread", also seen...
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| x Dame Commander | Order of the British Empire | ||||
| Order of the Bath | |||||
| x Officer | Order of the British Empire | ||||
| x Knight Bachelor |
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The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry. Knights Bachelor are the most ancient sort of British...
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| x Knight banneret |
A Knight banneret, sometimes known simply as banneret, was a knight ("a commoner of rank") who led a company of troops during time of war under his own banner (which was square-shaped, in contrast to the tapering standard or the pennon flown by the...
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| x Hochmeister |
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Teutonic Knights |
The grand master (German: Hochmeister; Latin: Magister generalis) is the holder of the supreme office of the Teutonic Order. It is equivalent to the grand master of other military orders and the superior general in non-military Roman Catholic...
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| x Commander | Order of the Polar Star |
Commander is a military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the military, particularly in...
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